that's good, Karen! I'm keeping that.
Sharon
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From: "Karen Carter" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 12:13 PM
Subject: Jesus is the reason for the Season
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> The Real First Night of Christmas
>
> 'Twas the first night of Christmas a long time ago
> The hillside was peaceful, the moon was aglow.
> The world couldn't know from what happened before
> That men would remember this night evermore.
> The sheep on the hillside--their days journey over
> Were dreaming sweet dreams of a field full of clover.
> The shepherds were watchful while guarding their flock
> The earth was their pillow, the stars were their clock.
> Then all of a sudden, they jumped at the sight Of the sky all ablaze with
> a heavenly light.
> They huddled in fear, then they started to rise As the lightening-like
> flash tore open the skies.
> The heavens were split by the silvery ray.
> The dark disappeared and the night became day. And lo, at the end of the
> rainbow of light Appeared then an angel to banish their fright.
> The angel brought news of a birth in a manger
> And bade them to hasten to welcome the stranger.
> For Mary had just given birth to a boy
> Whose coming would bring so much comfort and joy.
> A choir of angels looked down from the sky
> And heavenly voices were heard from on high:
> Peace be on earth and good will to all men.
> The Savior has come on this night, Amen.
> The heavenly angels then faded from sight.
> The sky once again turned from day to night.
> The shepherds all quietly rose from the ground
> And hurried to go where the child would be found.
> As they reached Bethlehem and the inn was in sight
> From the barn came a trickle of half-hidden light.
> It led like a path to a soft little bed
> And shone very tenderly on a child's head.
> The child in the manger was sleeping so sound
> His eyes were still closed as the shepherds stood round.
> From that instant of grace on that night long ago
> Thousands of years would be warmed by the glow.
>
> Guided by light from a bright shining star
> Came a pilgrimage led of three kings from afar.
> They were dressed in the finest of satins and lace.
> Their complexions were that of an Orient race.
> The three wealthy kings were wise men and proud
> But they went to the Christ child and solemnly bowed.
> They came bearing treasures of incense and gold
> To that sweet little child, still not very old.
> The star in the sky twinkled down from above
> The world was awakened to kindness and love.
> The past was forgotten, the future was bright And the spirit of Christmas
> was born on that night.
>
>
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> I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out
> there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out
> there is
>
> IN GOD WE TRUST
> -KC- Ministries
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> <DIV>The Real First Night of Christmas<BR><BR>'Twas the first night of
> Christmas a long time ago<BR>The hillside was peaceful, the moon was
> aglow.<BR>The world couldn't know from what happened before<BR>That men
> would remember this night evermore.<BR>The sheep on the hillside--their
> days journey over<BR>Were dreaming sweet dreams of a field full of
> clover.<BR>The shepherds were watchful while guarding their flock<BR>The
> earth was their pillow, the stars were their clock.<BR>Then all of a
> sudden, they jumped at the sight Of the sky all ablaze with<BR>a heavenly
> light.<BR>They huddled in fear, then they started to rise As the
> lightening-like<BR>flash tore open the skies.<BR>The heavens were split by
> the silvery ray.<BR>The dark disappeared and the night became day. And lo,
> at the end of the<BR>rainbow of light Appeared then an angel to banish
> their fright.<BR>The angel brought news of a birth in a manger<BR>And bade
> them to hasten to welcome the stranger.<BR>For Mary had just given birth
> to a boy<BR>Whose coming would bring so much comfort and joy.<BR>A choir
> of angels looked down from the sky<BR>And heavenly voices were heard from
> on high:<BR>Peace be on earth and good will to all men.<BR>The Savior has
> come on this night, Amen.<BR>The heavenly angels then faded from
> sight.<BR>The sky once again turned from day to night.<BR>The shepherds
> all quietly rose from the ground<BR>And hurried to go where the child
> would be found.<BR>As they reached Bethlehem and the inn was in
> sight<BR>From the barn came a trickle of half-hidden light.<BR>It led like
> a path to a soft little bed<BR>And shone very tenderly on a child's
> head.<BR>The child in the manger was sleeping so sound<BR>His eyes were
> still closed as the shepherds stood round.<BR>From that instant of grace
> on that night long ago<BR>Thousands of years would be warmed by the
> glow.<BR><BR>Guided by light from a bright shining star<BR>Came a
> pilgrimage led of three kings from afar.<BR>They were dressed in the
> finest of satins and lace.<BR>Their complexions were that of an Orient
> race.<BR>The three wealthy kings were wise men and proud<BR>But they went
> to the Christ child and solemnly bowed.<BR>They came bearing treasures of
> incense and gold<BR>To that sweet little child, still not very old.<BR>The
> star in the sky twinkled down from above<BR>The world was awakened to
> kindness and love.<BR>The past was forgotten, the future was bright And
> the spirit of Christmas<BR>was born on that night.<BR></DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>I would rather live my life as if
> there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if
> there isn't, and die to find out there is <BR><BR>IN GOD WE TRUST <BR>-KC-
> Ministries <BR></DIV></body></html>
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